Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree the problem lies with the rogue behaviour. The core issue is people's bad behaviour in providing such defective materials. It fundamentally comes down to trust in people who build houses. I think everyone would have to acknowledge the scale of the intervention, which is a generous intervention by the State because we want to help people keep a roof over their head given their first investment in their house or apartment is one they made in good faith. The levy will not, in any shape or form, ever raise the kind of revenue the State will spend on dealing with the impact caused by whoever was involved in or responsible for the supply of defective materials. The revenue raised by this will go nowhere near the cost that will be incurred by the taxpayer. Equally, a clear message has to go out that such behaviour has costs.

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